History and Hunger in West Africa: Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, Vol. 159 Laura Bigman 0313267464 June 1993 Hardcover ·

Review
“...this book was well written and researched, and it is definitely a good resource text for students and scholars of Lucophone history and political economy.”–The International Journal of African Historical Studies

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This book analyzes the contemporary food crisis in Africa from an historical perspective, using two West African case studies. From the perspective of food production and entitlement, the volume traces the economic history of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, beginning with the slave trade, through the colonial and postcolonial periods to democratization and structural adjustment. Using the theory and methodology of political economy, the study argues that the way in which African societies have been integrated into the world market diverted...

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This book, first published in 1983 by Cambridge University Press and now issued for the first time in paperback with a new preface, tells the story of Amilcar Cabral who, as head of PAIGC, Guinea-Bissaus nationalist movement, became one of Africas foremost revolutionary leaders. In less than twenty years of active political life, Cabral led Guinea-Bissaus nationalists to the most complete political and military success ever achieved by an African political movement against a colonial power. At the time of his death in 1973, months before Guinea-Bissau became independent, his influence extended well beyond the Lusophone world and Africa. Friends and foes alike admired his political acumen and skills and saw in him a potential leader of a non-aligned movement. His writings have shown him to be a...

History and Hunger in West Africa: Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. (book reviews) : An article from: Journal of Economic Issues [HTML] Thomas R. DeGregori B00092XI1C September 1, 1994 Digital ·

Book Description This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on September 1, 1994. The length of the article is 938 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Book Review Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: History and Hunger in West Africa: Food Production and Entitlement in Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde. (book reviews)Author: Thomas R. DeGregoriPublication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)Date: September 1, 1994Publisher: Association for Evolutionary EconomicsVolume: v28 Issue: n3 Page: p921(3)Article Type: Book ReviewDistributed by Thomson Gale

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Trends towards 'informalization' are looming large in the world today. African cities have long been characterized by the presence of an 'informal sector' but are now experiencing new waves of 'informalization'. Policies of liberalization and structural adjustment are both changing the conditions under which urban dwellers make a living and encouraging states to abdicate from responsibilities for popular welfare. In this context, urbanites increasingly rely on informal ways of income earning and of social security provisioning. This book is about processes of 'informalization' in the West African city of Bissau in Guinea-Bissau. It begins with a historical account of the way conditions of informality have evolved through the encounter of locally specific forms of informal relations with colonialism and the socialist...

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About the Author
Richard Lobban is Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Program of African and Afro-American Studies at Rhode Island College. He is author of the Historical Dictionary of the Sudan (Scarecrow, 1992). Peter Karibe Mendy is Deputy Director of Guinea-Bissau's Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, and Coordinator of its Center for the Study of Contemporary History.